Problem of navigation of rocket vehicle between two fixed terminals in space so as to minimize fuel expenditure, is analyzed, account being taken of gravitational field, variable in space and time; motion is assumed to take place in vacuo; solution trajectory is shown to comprise number of null thrust arcs, separated by junctions at which impulsive thrusts are applied.
Minimal rocket trajectories
Am Rocket Soc -- J
American Rocket Society -- Journal ; 23 , n 6
1953
Article (Journal)
English
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